Jersey Shore vs Kenmar

A side-by-side comparison of Jersey Shore and Kenmar: population, income, housing, and more.

Jersey Shore and Kenmar are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kenmar has the higher population (4,937 vs 4,133 in Jersey Shore). Jersey Shore has the higher median household income ($73,942 vs $57,111 in Kenmar). Kenmar has the higher median home value ($228,500 vs $148,500 in Jersey Shore).

Population, income & housing

	Jersey Shore	Kenmar
Population	4,133	4,937
Median age	36.6 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,942	$57,111
Median home value	$148,500	$228,500
Median gross rent	$906	$850
Housing units	1,666	2,436
Homeownership rate	76.7%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	17.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jersey Shore	Kenmar
Population	4,204 → 4,133 (-1.7%)	4,275 → 4,937 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$47,415 → $73,942 (+55.9%)	$44,458 → $57,111 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$109,100 → $148,500 (+36.1%)	$165,400 → $228,500 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $906 (+25.7%)	$704 → $850 (+20.7%)

Jersey Shore

Population

4,2044,133

Median household income

$47,415$73,942

Median home value

$109,100$148,500

Median gross rent

$721$906

Kenmar

Population

4,2754,937

Median household income

$44,458$57,111

Median home value

$165,400$228,500

Median gross rent

$704$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jersey Shore	Kenmar
Under 5	4.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	27.2%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	6.4%
35 to 44	16.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.9%
55 to 64	8.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	18.5%
75 and over	8.2%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jersey Shore	Kenmar
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jersey Shore	Kenmar
No high school diploma	6.1%	2.5%
High school graduate	46.5%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jersey Shore	Kenmar
Drove alone	86.6%	69.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	14.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jersey Shore	Kenmar
1-unit, detached	82.3%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	20.3%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	13.9%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Jersey Shore	Kenmar
Poverty rate	4.7%	10.2%
Average household size	2.73	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	29	16
Median year structure built	1938	1974